It's been a while since I've posted! Other responsibilities have taken precedence over the blog lately, and I really have not had a chance to paint since I posted Malakili a couple of months back. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I had some spare time yesterday, and decided to finish up one of my many unfinished projects, a GW Elendil.
While the Jackson films had many flaws, I really enjoyed the prologue attached to the Fellowship of the Ring. The costume design in particular was excellent, based mostly on Alan Lee designs, and Elendil was no exception. I grew up with Alan Lee's illustrations -my first copy of LotR had fifty watercolors by him- and he is still my favorite Tolkien artist.
Tolkien miniatures can be difficult for me to paint, as he never really gave us any guidance as to the clothes and armor worn. However, in the Silmarillion there are repeated references to Elven armor shining in the sun, so I tried to capture that look with plenty of bright silver highlights. The green stone on the helm is supposed to be the Elendilmir, mentioned in Unfinished Tales.The other colors are supposed to tie Elendil in with the later Gondorians and Dunedain, in addition to setting up a good contrast when placed by my Noldorian Elves...
...like this one. This is one of my favorite paint jobs that I've done. It is supposed to be one of the Elves of the house of Fingolfin, first High King of the Noldor, and is usable all the way from the flight from Valinor to the Last Alliance. The blue and white color scheme is actually mentioned in connection with Fingolfin's son Fingon at the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
I tried to capture the otherworldly sense of the Elves with clean lines and contrasts. Even when compared to Elendil, or other brighter miniatures like my
Khazad Guard the Elf stands out.
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